Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-10-29
AS OTHERS SEE US.
A Kentucky Editor on the Broad
Dakota Pralrles.

a GolCOf on the 6f0aQ
Dakota Pralrles.
The Climax, Richmond, Ky.
The farmer has q wonderfully easy
time. He has no corn to plant. thin,
pillow, cut, shock, shell, etc., and that re.
lieves him of half of his hard work. He
has no fences to build, briars to cut,
stumps to pull, or rocks to remove.
He rides to plow, rides to SOW. rides to
reap and to NOV. He threshes his
wheat without stacking, and hauls to
the railroad without housing. Every
station has Its elevator, or several of
them.
If q man has stock he fences of a
small pasture in which he keeps them.
But he doesn't need any stock, more
than a few COWS and horses.
The country is filling up rapidly.
Railroads are increasing at an astonish.
ing rate. The St. Paul, Minneapolis e.
Manitoba system has this year built
seven hundred miles of road. 1t now
has two thousand miles in Minnesota
and Dakota and several hundred in
Montana. I travelled down and up the
Red River, and away west into Montana,
besides making other journeys. At
every station there was evidence of new
corners. An air Of thrift pervades the
entire country. There are no evidences
of destitution, and none of idleness.
One of the finest countries I ever saw
was in the Devils Lake region. The
lake lisa grand body of salt water sixty
or seventy miles long, and five to twenty
broad. 1t Is one of the most beautiful
bodies Of water in the world. Sur
rounded with trees, it has a fine range
of timber mountains on the south side,
and all around a grand country undul-
ating and rich. The town of Devils
Lake is situated on north side, and is
u delightful place of several thousand
people. One Of the best equipped and
most prosperous looking newspaper
Offices l have ever seen in a town of the
size is the Devils Lake INTER.O OCEAN.
On the south side is the town of Mime.
waukan, and two steamers, II rather
large, ply between the towns. Fort
Totten is south of the lake. The
Indians have a tradition that in the
long ago two hostile tribes engaged
in battle on the lake in their bark
canoes. During the battle the Devil
came up out of the water and scooped
them all under. They then called
the lake Minnewaukan, which means
Devil water, hence the name-Deyils
Lake. I visited lakes Mlnnetonka,
Pewaukee ard Oconomowoc along the
way, and think Devils Lake much more
attractive than any Of the others.
Among the residents of Devils Lake l
found Mr.. William Stuart and his S on,
Mr.. George Stuart, both formely of Clark
county, KY. The senior Stuart was u
brother to the late s. G.. Stuart, sheriff
of Clark county. They are charmed
with Dakota, and expect neverto return
to Kentucky. George Stuart weighed
one hundred and forty pounds when he
went to Dakota, three years ago, ano
now weighs two hundred and twenty
Cold? Yes. The thermometerdo esn',
hesitate to creep down into the thirties
and forties below zero. But it is a dry
quiet cold. When it freezes up in No.
vember it remains dry and frozen all
winter. There is no mud, and slusn
and rain; and there are no sudden
changes. Heavier boots are worn in Ken
lucky than in Dakota. Besides that, a
man has nothing to do but stay in the
house.
1 travelled sixteen hundred miles ii
Minnesota and Dakota, and I never
found such agreeable railroad men on
any system as those of the St. Paul
Minneapolis and Manitoba road. From
the general passenger agent, Mr.. G. H,
Warren, and his chief clerk, MI. w. H.
Conner. on down they are a royal lot,
There's Mr.. W. D. Scott, conductor be
tween GAINESVILLE and St. Vincent-s
hundred miles or more. He answered
all the thousand and one questions ]
asked and that in the most intelligent
and pleasant way, and turned me owe
10 the Manitoba conductor with a wish
that he could carry me to Winnipeg
And there's Mr.. 4 e. Driscoll, whoi
run is between the growing electric
Observation-Disclosures built town O
Crookston, Mimi, and the far western
wooden town of Minot in the Nous,
River country. Driscoll would sit ur
every night in the week to accommo
date a friend, and not consider it an,
hardship. I should not forget MI
Birkheim, who runs between Larimor,
and Castleton. He is a walking ency
clopedia Of Dakota information,a and i'm
marta IT. with prace and n~atienco